Prep Time: 20 min.
For an easy dinner the whole family will love, try this simple 20-minute Sausage Pasta recipe. It's the perfect comfort food!
This tasty pasta dish is made with penne pasta, frankfurter sausages, red onion, tomato paste, heavy cream, and peas. Enjoy it hot or cold, for lunch or dinner, too!
You can use any sausage you like (mild or spicy Italian sausage, hotdogs, and chorizo would be equally tasty). Likewise, use whatever pasta you have to hand - you can even replace it with chunks of cooked potato, orzo, or rice.
Top with freshly grated parmesan, finely chopped parsley, and pomegranate arils for sweetness.
Check out my cheesy quiche, pasta salad with bacon, or baked tacos for other tasty family meals.
Ingredients
- 300 grams pasta (penne)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 red onion (finely chopped)
- 8 sausages (480 grams)
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 100 grams frozen peas
- 250 grams heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- pinch of pepper
- grated parmesan cheese (to serve)
- fresh parsley (to serve)
- handful pomegranate arils
Instructions
Serves 4.
1. Cook the pasta according to the instructions.
2. Heat a large frying pan (medium-high) and add a tablespoon of butter.
3. Top with the red onion and fry until translucent.
4. Slice the sausages and add to the hot pan.
5. Once browned all over, add the tomato paste.
6. Heat the tomato paste, and cover all the sausage pieces with the paste.
7. After 2-3 minutes, add the frozen peas and the cream.
8. Heat through until the peas are cooked (sweet) and the cream thickens.
9. Add the drained pasta, sea salt and pepper (to taste).
10. Top with parmesan cheese, chopped parsley, and pomegranate arils (you can omit).
11. Serve.
